Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

The AI race isn’t about who builds the best chatbot—it’s about who converts AI capabilities into real national power. Success depends on a country’s ability to ensure access to AI, foster trust, and govern the technology. While everyone sees AI’s potential, few understand the mechanics.

Featured Research

About AIxAC

AI across AC (AIxAC) is a coordinated effort of the Atlantic Council’s sixteen programs and centers. We are building the playbook for democratic AI leadership and what it can achieve—through a coherent framework built by our experts on economic policy, defense, energy, global governance, and technology. 

The Anthropic standoff reveals a larger crisis of trust over AI

Report Jun 1, 2026

Atlantic Council Commission on AI lays a roadmap for US leadership in the age of AI

The flagship report of the Atlantic Council Commission on AI and US competitiveness, which presents an action-oriented roadmap for strengthening US domestic AI capacity.

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The Anthropic standoff reveals a larger crisis of trust over AI

Dispatches Jun 3, 2026

Reading between the lines of Trump’s new executive order on AI

By Atlantic Council experts

Atlantic Council experts dig into the details of US President Donald Trump’s recently signed executive order on artificial intelligence.
Artificial Intelligence Technology & Innovation
The Anthropic standoff reveals a larger crisis of trust over AI

Dispatches May 19, 2026

Hackers using AI just found a ‘zero-day.’ The spyware industry is watching.

By Jen Roberts

Spyware companies that hack into devices for the purpose of surveillance and data extraction are primed to exploit this new opportunity.
Artificial Intelligence

GeoTech Commission

Geopolitical strategy in an age of artificial intelligence

The Atlantic Council draws on its preeminent technology programs and deep geopolitical expertise to orient its GeoTech Commission on enabling the United States to more effectively shape the global future defined by artificial intelligence.

India’s AI Impact Summit

Atlantic Council at India’s AI Impact Summit

As the international community confronts critical choices on AI governance, the India AI Impact Summit (Feb 19–20) brings global leaders together to drive action. Read the Atlantic Council’s analysis and explore our high-level convenings.

Featured Projects

AI Connect

An initiative that encourages the responsible stewardship of AI technologies in line with the OECD AI Principles and that empowers low and middle-income countries to more effectively participate in the global, multistakeholder conversation on AI policy.

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The Data Rules Project

As AI transforms pharmaceutical research and biotechnology, the data powering these breakthroughs has become as strategically significant as the discoveries themselves. Yet the rules governing how that data is accessed, used, and shared across borders remain fragmented, contested, and increasingly caught up in broader geopolitical rivalries. The Data Rules Project is committed to changing that.

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Featured Events

Online Event Tue, September 22, 2026 • 3:15 pm ET

Pfizer’s Albert Bourla on AI, health, and innovation in a changing world

AN AC FRONT PAGE EVENT—Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla discusses how artificial intelligence is reshaping drug discovery and healthcare and outlines the data, policy, and regulatory frameworks needed to translate technological advances into better health outcomes.
Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity
Public Event Tue, September 8, 2026 • 9:00 am ET

Data governance for AI and healthcare: From Washington to Beijing

Artificial intelligence and healthcare experts explore how the United States, China, and other major markets are navigating data governance, compute, and infrastructure challenges.
Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity
Public Event Mon, June 1, 2026 • 2:45 pm ET

How the US and allies can win the AI era

The GeoTech Center hosted an event to launch the flagship report of the Atlantic Council Commission on AI and US competitiveness, which presents an action-oriented roadmap for strengthening US domestic AI capacity.
Artificial Intelligence Technology & Innovation United States and Canada
Public Event Thu, May 21, 2026 • 1:00 pm ET

Health data and AI at scale: Policy choices for US competitiveness and security

As AI rapidly transforms healthcare and biotechnology, this panel discussion explores the critical decisions shaping health data governance, innovation, privacy, and US competitiveness.
Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity United States
Public Event Tue, January 20, 2026 • 3:00 pm ET

AI innovation and the talent gap: Competing at the pace of technical change

AI leaders and policy experts explored how nations can build the technical expertise and adaptive institutions needed to govern rapidly advancing AI systems.

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy Technology & Innovation

Explore the Programs

The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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Content

Dispatches

Mar 26, 2026

The Anthropic standoff reveals a larger crisis of trust over AI

By Tess deBlanc-Knowles

Treating public skepticism as noise to be managed rather than a signal to be heeded risks causing rapid political polarization on artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence Defense Policy

In the News

Mar 23, 2026

Daniels interviewed on Fox Report on AI tools in Iran

By Atlantic Council

On March 22, Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Owen Daniels was interviewed on Fox Report on the topic of the use of artificial intelligence in the Iran conflict.

Artificial Intelligence Defense Policy

In the News

Feb 28, 2026

Daniels featured on NewsNation panel on the Pentagon’s use of AI

By Atlantic Council

On February 28, Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Owen Daniels appeared on a NewsNation panel discussing the Pentagon’s feud with Anthropic. Daniels points out that Anthropic’s action could set a precedent for future AI companies behavior, and that the Pentagon was concerned by this possibility.  

Artificial Intelligence Defense Policy

In the News

Feb 27, 2026

Daniels quoted in CNN article on the Anthropic safety saga

By Atlantic Council

On February 26, Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Owen Daniels was quoted in a CNN article on the Pentagon’s security concerns over Anthropic. Daniels pointed out that a large, near-term consequence for Anthropic is the loss of client and potential customer value and trust in the company.  

Artificial Intelligence Defense Policy

In the News

Feb 25, 2026

Daniels in PBS News on Anthropic’s bargaining power with the Pentagon

By Atlantic Council

On February 24, Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Owen Daniels was quoted in a PBS News article on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s feud with AI company Anthropic. In the article, Daniels points out that Anthropic does not have much bargaining power in the Pentagon, as other peers have complied with department policy. 

Artificial Intelligence Defense Policy

GeoTech Cues

Feb 13, 2026

The road to the AI Impact Summit: How to build AI infrastructure from the ground up

By Ryan Pan, Coley Felt, Raul Brens Jr.

The central question for AI in 2026 is not whether governments have an AI strategy—it’s whether they can operationalize it and quickly deliver the benefits to their citizens.

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

GeoTech Cues

Feb 12, 2026

The AI Impact Summit must focus on pathways, not pilots, to scale up AI adoption

By Trisha Ray, Keyzom Ngodup Massally, and Shalini Kapoor

The AI Impact Summit should bring together tech companies, government agencies, researchers, civil society, and funders to focus efforts on scaling up AI adoption.

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Feb 10, 2026

AI and the future

What does the next year, decade, and beyond hold for AI? We interviewed the Atlantic Council’s tech experts to learn more about AI's future, and whether it can help us better understand our own.

Artificial Intelligence Technology & Innovation

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Feb 9, 2026

Six ‘snow leopards’ to watch for in the decade ahead

By Uliana Certan, Nikita Shah, Ginger Matchett, Sarah Wallace, Dominique Ramsawak, Tatevik Khachatryan

Our scholars scan the horizon for the underappreciated phenomena that could have outsize impact on the world, driving global change and shaping the future.

Artificial Intelligence Climate Change & Climate Action

Dispatches

Jan 30, 2026

Dispatch from India: How a low-cost, high-quality consumer model can expand India’s AI adoption

By Srujan Palkar

Applying the idea of India’s “sachet model” of low-cost consumer goods to AI services could accelerate AI adoption in the country.

Artificial Intelligence India
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Experts

Executive Leadership Intensive participant

Sintia Radu

Communication Adviser, AI, Emerging Technology for Development, The World Bank

Millennium Leadership Program

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

Staff

Trisha Ray

Associate Director and Resident Fellow

GeoTech Center

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

Staff

Audrey Roh

Program Assistant

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Cybersecurity Japan

Fellow

Katerina Sedova

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Eurasia Center

Artificial Intelligence Eastern Europe

Fellow

Laura Shen

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

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Expert

Gerald Sim

Visiting Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Events

Online Event Tue, September 22, 2026 • 3:15 pm ET

Pfizer’s Albert Bourla on AI, health, and innovation in a changing world

AN AC FRONT PAGE EVENT—Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla discusses how artificial intelligence is reshaping drug discovery and healthcare and outlines the data, policy, and regulatory frameworks needed to translate technological advances into better health outcomes.
Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity